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UNITED STTES .MINI FFIC.

H. W. COLLENDER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

BILLIARD-CUE TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,491, dated January 4, 1859.

To ali whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, II. W. COLLENDER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful article of manufacture-to wit,Self-Fastening Billiard-Cue Tips; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l, is an elevation of a billiard-cuewith one of my self f-astening tips. Fig. 2., is an end view of the cueshowing the cue tip. Fig. 3, is a section of the cue tip.

Similar letters of reference, in each of the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists in a new article of manufacture, towit; billiard cue tips or cue leather with their flat surface coatedwith soluble gum or cement so that by the application of moisture theycan always and immediately, be applied to the end of the cue in apermanent manner. This new manufacture avoids the trouble and eX penseexperienced in the one method of attaching cue tips by screws, also thegreat inconvenience and annoyance of the other method of attaching byglue which has to be heated whenever it is necessary to attach the cuetips or leathers.

In carrying out my invention, I prepare the cue tips in the ordinarymanner, which is to firmly unite two leathers a, b, one stiffer andstronger than the other. The stiff compact leather is Very thin whilethe light porous leather is quite thick, comparatively. The leather thusprepared is cut into cue tips of the usual shape. The fiat surface ofthe cue tips is made square with the end of the cue, by rubbing the tipson a flat le or sand paper. Thus dressing the tips causes pose is madeby mixing gum-arabic, gelatin and isinglass, and dissolving the same.The proportions are as follows; 2 oz. gum-arabic to 2 oz. of gelatin and2 oz. of isinglass.

The cement is applied to the cue tips or leathers with a small brush, orotherwise, in A a layer about as thick as represented at c, in thedrawing, or in a layer sufliciently thick to insure its adhesion to theend of the cue when brought in contact with the same.

To apply the cue tips to the cue, after purchasing them from themanufacturer, all that has to be done is to meisten the gum with themouth or soften it with steam or hot water.

The utility of my new article of manufacture is considerable when weconsider how rapidly cue tips wear out, resulting from the friction theyencounter by contact wit-h the billiard balls, `and how often,consequently, they require to be removed in order te apply new ones.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The new article of manufacture herein named, to wit; a. cue leather orcue tip coated on its flat surface with a soluble gum or cement asdescribed for the purpose set forth.

H. W. COLLENDER.

Witnesses:

PETER GAUGHRAN, T. C. OCoNNoR.

